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June 17, 2008 Archives
10:01 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Ray Allen returned from Boston's locker room with 6:00 left in the second quarter to a standing ovation. He left the game late in the first quarter after being poked in the......
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9:34 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Ray Allen was poked in the left eye late in the first quarter and was cut on the bridge of his nose, forcing him to the bench. He is expected to return......
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8:56 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Celtics’ Ray Allen was at the Garden and shooting jumpers nearly four hours before Tuesday night’s game. The Celtics were happy to see him. Allen was rushed away from Monday night’s......
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8:30 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Celtics took the long and slow route home from Los Angeles. They encountered problems with two planes before finally boarding a third and flying home to Boston. A trip that was......
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8:22 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Celtics always host a pregame prayer service for both their own players, opposing players and officials of either team. The service is led by a local chaplain who attends every game.......
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8:18 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- You can’t hide in Los Angeles, especially after a big win. The Lakers edged the Celtics Monday night and forward Lamar Odom celebrated at a nightclub. All of Odom’s fun, which took......
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8:15 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Phil Jackson didn't have much to say before the game and the international press didn't have much to ask the Lakers' coach. Here is the extent of Jackson's pregame remarks: Asked about......
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8:13 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- A Celtics season that began back in October and journeyed all the way to Rome and London in the preseason is finally on the verge of a conclusion. The Celtics played their......
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7:50 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Thanks to our friends at the Riverside Press-Enterprise for tipping us off to the Top Ten Signs An NBA Game Is Fixed from The Late Show With David Letterman:......
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7:30 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The Bermuda sailor steaming solo from Bermuda to Newport, in an 18-foot boat with a 9.9-horsepower outboard, ran out of gas just 18 miles south of Point Judith today. Bobby Doe, the 66-year-old boat builder, commercial fisherman, and professional sailor......
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7:22 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Celtics took the long road home from Los Angeles due to flight delays. The Celts were scheduled to fly home on their charter flight at about 10 a.m. Monday but the......
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5:58 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- It's a shade before six o'clock and the atmosphere is heating up at TD Banknorth Garden. Both Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are on the floor and firing up jumpers. Three hours......
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3:43 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Steve Krasner reports that the Red Sox today have placed pitcher Bartolo Colon on the 15-day disabled list. Colon has back stiffness following hard swings he took during last night's Red Sox-Phillies game. The Sox have called up relief pitcher......
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3:29 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NBA TV reporter David Aldridge has a good column on the Web site The Root about the conflicted relationship between black fans and the Boston Celtics, and how a team long reviled in black circles has come into vogue. Aldridge......
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2:28 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Bartolo Colon's swing-for-the-fences plate approach, the debate over whether the National League should adopt the designated hitter, and Cole Hamels' prediction that the Sox and the......
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2:05 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Celtics coach Doc Rivers expects Ray Allen to play in Game 6 of the NBA finals after the guard skipped the team's shootaround following his overnight flight from Los Angeles. Boston center Kendrick Perkins participated in......
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1:26 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Boston police say they will step up surveillance and security during and after Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Police plan to increase patrols around the TD Banknorth Garden......
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12:30 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Press the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's preview of the NBA Finals Game Two. The topics: why the Celtics really don't want this to go to Game Seven, Ray Allen's challenge, and making up for the absence of......
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12:19 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Bermudian Bobby Doe at the dock in St. George's A Bermuda boat builder, described by his daughter as "a bit of a rebel," is nearing the end of his 635-mile trip from Bermuda to Newport in an 18-foot skiff,......
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12:15 PM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In an interview with the editorial board of the Philadelphia Daily News, Sen. Arlen Specter says he has gone as far as he can go in pressing for more investigation of the Spygate story, and adds that he will not......
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11:46 AM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill has reportedly apologized for writing in a recent column that rooting for the Celtics was "like saying Hitler was a victim. It’s like hoping Gorbachev would get to the blinking red button before Reagan." A reworked......
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10:05 AM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By MARK DIVVER Journal Assistant Sports Editor Former University of Minnesota right wing Blake Wheeler has agreed to a free-agent contract with the Boston Bruins, according to the U.S. Hockey Report (USHR.com). Wheeler, 21, a 6’4’’, 220-pounder, was the fifth......
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8:22 AM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics came back from California, not champions and not whole. They returned from Los Angeles following a long day of travel without the Larry O'Brien trophy and without Ray Allen, who stayed behind to attend......
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8:19 AM Tue, Jun 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara tells you why the Celtics feel confident that they will bring home a title tonight (or early tomorrow morning) and Mike Szostak tells you why he feels confident for the C's. Steve Krasner has......
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